Low Carb, High Protein diet slows cancer growth

A low carb high protein and moderate fat diet is clearly very beneficial in 1) slowing tumor progression 2) tumor penetration/initiation of new tumors. In addition, mice on a low carbohydrate diet maintained normal body weight and exceeded normal life span. Low Carb,...

Dextrose Prolotherapy and Knee Osteoarthritis

A colleague and someone that I learned directly from, Jeff Patterson DO, co-authored a recent blinded trial of dextrose prolotherapy vs. placebo injection or exercise therapy. The results suggested that prolotherapy is an effective solution for knee osteoarthritis...

Prostate Health Awareness Month

Researchers say a cheap, generic pill called finasteride (Propecia, Proscar) prevents almost 40 percent of low-grade prostate cancers without increasing the risk of dying from more aggressive tumors. Finasteride is known as a 5-alpha reductase inhibitor, which means...

Adrenal & Cortisol Status in Fibromyalgia: H-P-A Dysregulation

Fibromyalgia patients have stronger, measurable stress responses as measured by increased stress signals secreted by the pituitary to recruit more stress hormone production from the adrenals, ie the brain signals the stress system to activate. In contrast, the adrenal...